January 20th
132 Notable deaths
Avshalom Feinberg
British spy.
Born October 23rd, 1889 in Gedera.
Died January 20th, 1917 at 27 years old in Sinai Peninsula (ballistic trauma).
Hitoshi Saito
Japanese judoka (1961-2015).
Born January 2nd, 1961 in Aomori.
Died January 20th, 2015 at 54 years old in Osaka (cholangiocarcinoma). [ref]
Choe Thae-bok
North korean politician.
Born December 1st, 1930 in Nampho.
Died January 20th, 2024 at 93 years old (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Edmonde Charles-Roux
French writer.
Born April 17th, 1920 in Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]
Died January 20th, 2016 at 95 years old in 6th arrondissement of Marseille. [ref]
Joseph Anthony
American actor and director (1912-1993).
Born May 24th, 1912 in Milwaukee.
Died January 20th, 1993 at 80 years old in Hyannis.
Attila Petschauer
Hungarian fencer (1904-1943).
Born December 14th, 1904 in Budapest.
Died January 20th, 1943 at 38 years old in Davidovka concentration camp (hypothermia). [ref]
Jan Arnoldus Schouten
Dutch mathematician (1883-1971).
Born August 28th, 1883 in Nieuwer-Amstel. [ref]
Died January 20th, 1971 at 87 years old in Epe. [ref]
Jane Horney
World war ii spy.
Born July 8th, 1918 in Gustav Vasa parish. [ref]
Died January 20th, 1945 at 26 years old in sea, Øresund.
Mykolas Burokevičius
Soviet-lithuanian politician.
Born October 7th, 1927 in Alytus.
Died January 20th, 2016 at 88 years old in Vilnius (heart failure).
Toyo Shibata
Japanese poet (1911-2013).
Born June 26th, 1911 in Tochigi.
Died January 20th, 2013 at 101 years old in Utsunomiya. [ref]
Deaths 71 to 80 of 132
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe